The Government has agreed to nominate senior counsel Kerida Naidoo as a judge of the High Court. The vacancy arose following the implementation of section 8 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) ...

The North’s justice minister has said that she is “disappointed” by industrial action being taken by the Criminal Bar ...

Senior counsel Orla Crowe has been named as a judge of the Circuit Court. The vacancy arises following the recent retirement of Judge Jacqueline Linnane. Orla Crowe has a BCL degree from UCD (1988) ...

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has appointed Lorna Smith as a partner in its financial services regulatory practice. She joins the firm having previously worked at two other large Irish law practices ...

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued an opinion on the use of personal data for the development and deployment of AI models. The guidance follows a request from Ireland’s data watchdog ...

Two High Court judges have been nominated to the Court of Appeal. Ms Justice Caroline Costello and Ms Justice Isobel Kennedy were named by the Government on 10 October. Ms Justice Kennedy was sworn in ...

The Consumer Rights Bill has got the go-ahead for publication and will consolidate and modernise consumer law and give new protections for digital goods and services. Tánaiste and Minister for ...

Official figures show that there was little change in supplementary pension coverage this year, with 67% of those in employment having some form of coverage outside the State pension. The figure ...

Solicitor Susan Martin was 29 years old and eight months pregnant with her second child. She had borrowed a very large sum to buy into partnership at the practice where she was working in Dublin. Then ...

An expansion of the Courts Service’s digital court-management system is among the key objectives set out in the organisation’s latest technology strategy, published yesterday (17 December). UCMS ...

The Central Bank is to set up a dedicated unit to oversee the system under which it approves the appointment of individuals to key roles in regulated financial institutions. The move follows a review ...

The Irish Prison Service (IPS) is to grant temporary release to 138 prisoners this Christmas. The IPS says that many of the prisoners being released are nearing the end of their sentences, adding that ...